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91_HB1184
LRB9101624KSsbA
1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
2 Section 11-403 and 11-407.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
6 changing Sections 11-403 and 11-407 as follows:
7 (625 ILCS 5/11-403) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-403)
8 Sec. 11-403. Duty to give information and render aid.
9 (a) The driver of any vehicle involved in a motor
10 vehicle accident resulting in injury to or death of any
11 person or damage to any vehicle which is driven or attended
12 by any person shall give the driver's name, address,
13 registration number and owner of the vehicle the driver is
14 operating and shall upon request and if available exhibit
15 such driver's license to the person struck or the driver or
16 occupant of or person attending any vehicle collided with.
17 and If there is no person entitled to information pursuant
18 to this subsection in a condition to receive and understand
19 the information and no police officer is present, the driver,
20 after rendering reasonable assistance, shall immediately
21 report the motor vehicle accident at the nearest office of a
22 duly authorized police authority, disclosing the information
23 required by this subsection. A person failing to comply with
24 this subsection is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
25 (b) The driver and any passenger of a vehicle involved
26 in a motor vehicle accident resulting in the injury or death
27 of a person shall render to any person injured in such
28 accident reasonable assistance, including the carrying or the
29 making of arrangements for the carrying of such person to a
30 physician, surgeon or hospital for medical or surgical
31 treatment, if it is apparent that such treatment is necessary
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1 or if such carrying is requested by the injured person. A
2 person failing to comply with this subsection shall be guilty
3 of a Class A misdemeanor.
4 If none of the persons entitled to information pursuant
5 to this Section is in condition to receive and understand
6 such information and no police officer is present, such
7 driver after rendering reasonable assistance shall forthwith
8 report such motor vehicle accident at the nearest office of a
9 duly authorized police authority, disclosing the information
10 required by this Section.
11 Any person failing to comply with this Section shall be
12 guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
13 (c) Whenever a driver, passenger, or other participant
14 is involved in a one-vehicle accident resulting in the
15 injury or death of a person and the driver, passenger, or
16 other participant is medically capable of rendering
17 reasonable assistance to the person or persons injured as a
18 result of the accident, he or she shall render reasonable
19 assistance to the injured person or persons. A person
20 failing to comply with this subsection shall be guilty of a
21 Class B misdemeanor.
22 (Source: P.A. 83-831.)
23 (625 ILCS 5/11-407) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-407)
24 Sec. 11-407. Immediate notice of accident.
25 (a) Except as provided by subsection (c), (d), and (e),
26 the driver of a vehicle which is in any manner involved in an
27 accident described in Section 11-406 of this Chapter shall,
28 if no police officer is present, give notice of the accident
29 by the fastest available means of communication to the local
30 police department if such accident occurs within a
31 municipality or otherwise to the nearest office of the county
32 sheriff or nearest headquarters of the Illinois State Police.
33 (b) Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically
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1 incapable of giving immediate notice of an accident as
2 required in Subsection (a) and there was another occupant in
3 the vehicle at the time of the accident capable of doing so,
4 that occupant must give notice as required in Subsection (a).
5 (c) Whenever a driver, passenger, or other participant
6 is involved in a motor vehicle accident resulting in the
7 injury or death of a person, has immediate access to a
8 telecommunication device, and is capable of using the
9 telecommunication device, he or she shall immediately report
10 the accident to the local police department if the accident
11 occurred within a municipality or otherwise to the nearest
12 office of the county sheriff or nearest headquarters of the
13 Department of State Police. A person failing to comply with
14 this subsection shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
15 (d) Whenever a driver, passenger, or other participant
16 is involved in a motor vehicle accident resulting in the
17 injury or death of a person, has immediate access to a
18 telecommunication device, and is capable of using the
19 telecommunication device, he or she shall immediately report
20 the accident to competent emergency authorities capable of
21 making a rapid response and rendering professional medical
22 assistance. A person failing to comply with this subsection
23 shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
24 (e) Whenever a driver, passenger, or other participant
25 is involved in a motor vehicle accident resulting in an
26 injury to a person and he or she does not have immediate
27 access to a telecommunication device or is incapable of using
28 a telecommunication device, he or she shall, in a reasonably
29 prompt time after the accident, make reasonable efforts to
30 locate a telephone and report the accident to the appropriate
31 legal authorities and emergency authorities capable of making
32 a rapid response and rendering professional medical
33 assistance. A person failing to comply with this subsection
34 shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
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1 (f) For purposes of this Section, "telecommunication
2 device" means a device that is portable or which may be
3 installed in a motor vehicle and which is capable of
4 receiving and transmitting speech, data, signals, or other
5 information, including, but not limited to, cellular phones,
6 mobile phones, and two-way radios.
7 (Source: P.A. 76-2163.)